The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-05

|eislisb a Pnzis n ~ .uSual Wv "
spesehss bvss III tomb u Pszs Ie Chaiti
and wssiahs depou(sd thereon, III
erosd = lhsesnsouy nambsring nearly
$1,000. This nsws of course was sup-
prssssd y the capitalist prsss.
The Arh Off r. Hull 4 Co.. Of Cleys
land. Ohib lately called their employees
together and divided among them up.
wards Of g. 800 In checks hanging from
go to 80 each. ,It
A block Of houses in whitechapsl, q
dsnsely pppulated portion Of London. ID
70 b let dn plan Of co-operative own.
srship. The rents will vary from Sl.76
to e2.25 per week. for three or four
rooms. Such profits q may be left after
paying pr 5 per cent interest ON capi-
tal, repairs, common lights. gas. water
etc.. will be divided among the tenants
according 10 the amount Of rent paid.
The tenants may also invest money In
the CONCERN at IS per share, and the
present owners are building in the hop pc
that they will be bought out BY the ten.
ants on the basis mentioned. =
New YbRK. Jan. N.-Hirgins' carpet
factory whs the scene Of another strike
the past few days. Nearly 5000 men
and wombn, members Of the K. of L.,
under tho jurisdiction Of district assem-
bly, l26. Have forced their employers to
accede I'd their demands and this morn.
Ing returned to work. /
NEW YpRK. Jan. Sl.-The great strike
alonRahoFe. as originally ordered BY the
executive board Of district assembly 40,
was to lait three davs-Thursday, Fri.
day and Saturday. The district Assem-.
blv met yesterday and approved the
order Of The board and decided to con-
tinue the strike indefinitely. 1t was the
regular Sunday meeting Of the assembly
In PythaSoras hall in Canal street. The
district assembly has $50 local assem-
blies. and It's Jurisdiction extends from
Staten Island to Kingston. and from
Montauk Point on Long Island to New
Brunswick, N. J. Three delegates are
sen. to the meeting Of the district as
sembly from each local assembly. Tits
said tnat 1000 delegates were at the
meeting yesterday. Over S1.100 from "a
collection among the delegates was
turned into the assistance fund.
The services in st. Stephens church
proceeded quietly .yeserdav. Police
Captain Ryan with detectives and po.
licemen ih plain clothes was at all the
masses. This moral use Of the police on
Sunday dompensates for their immoral
use on week days one might suppose.
But how terribly hard up Providence
must be when the New York police
have to be called in to preserve order In
the churches.
The diStnct Assem- bly, has notified the
local assemblies that If the members Of
any asserh hbly resort to violence. the 10.
cal assem- bly, will be suspended for a
year and cut off from any participation
in the benefit and relief funds:
The industry which member of the
General executive board puts first on
his list of those that 40 proposes to Grip
pie to ext tending the strike is gas.mak-
ing, and Get your kerosene lamps on
was current jest at long
shoremel's meetings yesterday. The
Knights profess to be able to control the
|aborers IN the gas works.
New YpRx, Jan. 3l.-An audience Of
about 10000 persons representing almost
all classet Of society attended the meet
ing held Under auspices Of the Central
Labor union, at the Academy of Music,
10 protest against eccleslastical interfer-
ence in politics and to express sympa-
lhv with Rev. DR.. McGlynn.
Robert Crow presided, and in opening
the meeting he said that Archbishop
Corrigan aimed a deadly blow at the
rights of American citi-
zens and free speech when he attempted
10 muzzle good priest. .Look," said
the spea aker, "st the difference: one
lives in q marble palace with an army
Of servants. consorting with the O'Don-
ohues, T4mmany hall and Sir Money
Bags. while the other, a poor priest with
$500 yeAr, a half Of which he gives to
the pooi, is denied the right of free
speech" tf
After d few words from James II. Ga
han, Of The Catholic Herald, Henry
George stepped to the front Of the stage,
An aitef the applause had subsidized
said: Let no one mistake the temper
Of this meeting, for In all time and
everywh pre-. the cry has gone up, 1t is
against religion Nothing in this is
against Religion or any Of its FORMS"
Continuing Mr.. George said that he had
always discountensnced the scoffers of
religion And he did so now. Why they
had met was to protest against the use
Of arbitf farv power to coerce American
citizens. The reason why DR.. McGlynn
does not leave the Catholic church is
that he ib Catholic, and the doctrines
that he has stood up for are those that
any Catholic can stand up for.
Resolutions were adopted resenting
the interference of the church poten-